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Update: Since I submitted my article to KPI and ZNET it has come to light that two South Korean civilians, in addition to two soldiers,...

Riding out the wake of the sinking of the South Korean naval vessel Cheonan, it is a relief that so far there have been no further...

The free trade push has begun again. Both U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak are calling for...

Former President Jimmy Carter deserves great credit for traveling to Pyongyang and securing the release of a U.S. citizen, Aijalon Mahli...

In response to the March 26 sinking of the South Korean ship, the Cheonan, allegedly by a North Korean submarine, the United States is...

For those who survived the Korean War, the sight of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington leading a fleet of U.S. and...

On the night of March 26, 2010, the 1,200 ton Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy corvette Cheonan was severed in the middle and sank off...

Last fall, I woke up in the middle of the night, and instead of continuing to toss and turn, I decided to switch on my computer. On the...

Rising military tensions on the Korean Peninsula at this time prove again the urgency and the necessity of achieving permanent peace in...

South Korea elections update: Widely viewed as a referendum on President Lee’s hardline policies towards North Korea, his handling of the...

By Women Making Peace, South Korea International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, May 24th, 2010 A series of events regarding the...

Ms. Hye-ran Oh is the Director of the Peace and Disarmament Team of Solidarity for Peace and Reunification in Korea (SPARK). Formed in...

As we watched the Berlin Wall tumble down, “we wept from the heartbreak of sorrow mixed with joy,” recalls Jungran Shin, a financial...

(The Korean language version of this interview will be published in Minjog 21.) Mike Chinoy is currently a senior fellow at the...

As U.S. Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth makes a historic trip to North Korea this December, Koreans and those concerned about the Korean...

As a longtime peace activist and progressive, Christine Ahn was used to being on the ideological fringe. But even she wasn’t prepared to...

Tim Shorrock recounts his June 1985 interview with the late President Kim Dae Jung published by The Progressive, February, 1986. The...

A violation of the right to health and a call to action On 12 June 2009, the United Nations Security Council approved its strictest...

A thawing is occurring in Asia, especially on the Korean peninsula, melting away over a half century of hardened enmity between historic...

As relations with North Korea show signs of improvement two recent articles have brought to the fore old and unconfirmed allegations of...

As the United States and North Korea prepare to re-engage one another through diplomacy, there remains skepticism in Washington about...

Dr. Bo-Hyuk Suh is a former senior researcher at the South Korea National Human Rights Commission, is currently Research Professor at the...

By Haeyoung Kim | 2009

The trafficking story is a dangerous pursuit—but without more information and world attention, tens of thousands of North Korean women...